Chris Sperou

Chris Sperou (born 25 December 1938, Ceduna, Australia) is an Australian aerobatic pilot. He has won the Australian Aerobatic Championship 13 times and has flown in 5 World Aerobatic Championships.^[1]

Biography

Chris Sperou was born on 25 December 1938 at Ceduna, South Australia.^[1] He was a professional fisherman for 3 years, then taking up work as a refrigeration mechanic when his family moved to Adelaide in 1956.^[1] In 1960, he obtained his pilot's licence before teaching himself aerobatics.^[2] Between 1968 and 1987, Sperou won 13 national championships before he retired from competitive flying.^[2] In 2002, he was named a "Legend of Outdoor Transport" at the Arkaroola Airshow.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Merriman, John (10 October 2004). "with Chris Sperou A life with many twists". The Sunday Mail. pp. H14.
^ ^a ^b Bowman, Matt (20 November 1999). "Veteran pilot still pushing the sky's limits". The Advertiser (Adelaide). p. 28.
^ Littlely, Brian (7 July 2002). "Legends of outback skies is flying high". The Sunday Mail. p. 16.

v t e Aerobatics
Aircraft	List of aerobatic aircraft
Competitions	European Gliding Championships FAI European Aerobatic Championships FAI World Aerobatic Championships FAI World Grand Prix Red Bull Air Race World Championship World Gliding Championships
Maneuvers	Loop (inside & outside) Aileron roll Barrel roll Cuban eight Falling leaf Hesitation roll Immelmann turn Kulbit Lomcovak Cobra maneuver Slip Spin Split S Stall turn/hammerhead Tailslide Scissors Whifferdill turn Zurabatic cartwheel
Organizations	British Aerobatic Association Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (Aresti Catalog) International Aerobatic Club International Miniature Aerobatic Club
Pilots	Cecilia R. Aragon Hannes Arch Princess Basmah Bani Ahmad Lincoln J. Beachey Péter Besenyei Ladislav Bezák Marta Bohn-Meyer Cristian Bolton Paul Bonhomme Pip Borrman Mikaël Brageot Kirby Chambliss Julie Clark Marion Cole Vicki Cruse Mario de Bernardi Giovanni De Briganti Tommaso Dal Molin Glen Dell Matthias Dolderer Wilhelm Düerkop Walter Extra Markus Feyerabend Gerhard Fieseler Jozef Gabris Michael Goulian Matt Hall Wayne Handley Ray Hanna Charlie Hillard Bob Hoover Bevo Howard Nicolas Ivanoff Nader Jahanbani Petr Jirmus Steve Jones Jurgis Kairys Svetlana Kapanina Sándor Katona Petr Kopfstein Charlie Kulp Anatoly Kvochur Nigel Lamb Amanda Lee Jim LeRoy François Le Vot Leo Loudenslager Nancy Lynn Alejandro Maclean Pete McLeod Jerzy Makula Stanisław Makula Mikhail Mamistov Mike Mangold Scott Manning Catherine Maunoury Yoshihide Muroya Pyotr Nesterov Alexandr Panfierov Ivy May Pearce Adolphe Pégoud František Peřina Tom Poberezny Peter Podlunšek Maciej Pospieszyński Sergey Rakhmanin Amelia Reid Olaf Schmidt Art Scholl Klaus Schrodt Betty Skelton Erde Skip Stewart Martin Šonka Gene Soucy Chris Sperou Victor Tchmal Reinhold Tiling Ferenc Tóth Sean D. Tucker Nick Turvey Ernst Udet Gabor Varga Juan Velarde Frank Versteegh Pavel Vlasov Patty Wagstaff Kermit Weeks Neil Williams Walter Wolfrum Janusz Żurakowski
Other	3D Radio control

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